The document discusses the impacts of globalization in Middle Eastern countries. It covers economic, political, environmental and cultural effects. Some benefits mentioned include increased foreign investment and technology transfer, while disadvantages include political instability, cultural invasion and rising unemployment. The document also provides definitions of globalization from the IMF and divides tasks among group members Afreh Kwame, Lossini Yasin, Ding Lu, and Yakovishin Oleksandr.

1. Group Members are:
Afreh inKwame,Lossini Yasin,Ding Lu and
Yakovishin Oleksandr

2. Middle East Countries

3. 1. Introduction
2.Economic impact
3. Political effects(positive)
4. Political effects(negative)
5. Benefits of globalization
6.Disadvantage of globalization
7. Environmental impacts
8. Cultural effects (cohesion and possible conflicts)

4. According to the IMF definition
"Globalization is integration of economies
through the movement of
goods, services, labor power, and capital across
borders, together with broader
cultural, political, and environmental
dimensions"

5. 1. A drop in the exports of most countries in the middle east.
2. Middle Eastern countries are faced with 240 trade
discriminatory measures implemented by countries across
the world.

6. 3. Middle Eastern countries also face negative investment
measures employed in the rest of the world.
4.Decrease in GDP/capita.
5.Rising unemployment.

7. Enviromental Imapct

8. 1.Soil degradation
2. The Caspian sea is under deterioration due to industrial
waste,shiping and the oil industries in Iran and other parts
of the middle east.
3.Global warming as a results of the carbon dioxide
emission from the oil companies into the ozone layers.

9. 1.Politically,globalization in a way has reduced the rate of
war in the middle east.
2. Globalization is enforcing democracy in the region.
3.Globalization ensures that politicians or government
makes good policies.

10. 1.Globalization has led to political instability in the
middle east.
2. Globalization comes with benefits but with conditions
and pressure on the recipient countries.
3.Globalization breeds corruption and injustices in the
distribution of global wealth which leads to social
disorder and violence.

11. 1.Globalization enables transfer of technology and
knowledge across international border.
2. Globalization enables the ease of transfer of knowledge
between middle east and the rest of the world.
3. The live broadcast of sport events is another way that
people benefits from globalization.
4. Globalization takes jobs from the developed countries to
some countries in the middle east.

12. 4.Globalization helps companies from the middle east in
selling their product in far countries.
5. Globalization helps in international claims like loans.
6.Globalization tends to increase international division of
labor.
7.Globalization has increase foreign investment in the middle
east. E.g UAE to allow 100% foreign-owned companies.
8.Globalization has led to an increase in the prices of oil for
the middle east producers.

13. • Cultural Invasion
•Difficulty of competition
•The Jihadists ,Terrorism 9/11
• Absence of democracy and human rights
• Disparities between rich and poor
•Corrupt authoritarian regimes (e.g) Taliban

14. Cultural Effects

15. 1.Globalization simply brings cultures together, and
encourages the sharing of cultural ideas, traditions, and
customs.
2.Globalization has brought changes in the food eating in
the middle east.

16. 1. www.imf.org
2. http://bianet.org/english/english/115812-globalization-
and-wells-of-the-middle-east
3. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.
4. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?
5. http://www.helium.com/items/392588-globalization

17. 1 Introduction--------------------Afreh Kwame
2 Economic impact -------------- Afreh Kwame
3 Political effects(Positive)------ Afreh Kwame
4 Political effects(Negative)----Yakovishin Oleksandr
5 Benefits of globalization ------Afreh Kwame & Ding Lu
6 Disadvantage of globalization-- Lossini Yasin
7 Environmental impacts----------Afreh Kwame
8 Cultural effects (cohesion and possible conflicts)--Afreh